In 1970, the very last red wolf was killed in Texas. Wolves are listed under the Endangered Species Act. The worldwide gray wolf population is stable. But there are fewer than 30 red wolves left ...

Endangered red wolves became a symbol of federal overreach—and a target for local ire—in eastern North Carolina.

By the 1960s, only a small population remained in southwestern Louisiana and eastern Texas. A rescue plan ... which concludes that red wolves are a legitimate wolf species (Canis rufus) separate ...